My Turn

Since Tony has been faithfully updating this blog each week for a while now, I decided it was time for me to start contributing again. Okay, maybe every other week. I did start this blog, but then lost steam, so I'm glad Tony has done such a great job of recording our lives!

Last week, we spent a lot of time doing final Christmas preparations and working. I decided to take this week off from work (since I would lose the vacation time otherwise), so I had a lot of loose ends to tie last week.

Monday was the Christmas Party at Raegan's school. It was also pajama day, so the kids looked really cute in their pj's and slippers. Some even wore bathrobes. The parents helped paint ornaments, and Raegan painted her ornament, the table, my khaki pants, her hands, etc. We were the first parents to arrive, so some of the other kids gathered around to watch.

Tony and I baked a rum cake for Tony's work on Wed. night, and he played tennis with a new neighbor on Thursday night. On Friday, Raegan and I went to the Martin's house for a play date with our old small group moms and kids. Laura, Angela, and Katie baked wonderful goodies and I just enjoyed them! I am terrible about taking pictures, and didn't get a single good one with all the moms in it. But here are the "older kids" and Raegan. Raegan is really in the middle of the first and second-born kids of this group (Dante, Raegan, Hannah, and Zach's back - sorry Zach!). Raegan is wearing the cutest little jumper that Tony's mom made for her.

The Martin's are UGA grads like me, and they had this bulldog on their door step. Raegan is a natural DAWG:

After the party (and a nap), I took Raegan and the dogs for a walk in the neighborhood. This proved to be much more difficult than I planned (pregnant + heavy wagon + 2 dogs + hills)! I think I'll stick to Raegan and the jogging stroller from now on, at least for the longer walks.
At the end of our walk, I wanted to pick up the empty recycle bin from the curb, so I took the wagon with Raegan in it and the dogs tied to it, and carefully placed it in Tony's garage, facing the basement. I left my 3 babies there to run down the driveway for the bin. About halfway down to the curb, I heard the wagon rolling down the driveway, being pulled by Luci! Bristo was just along for the ride, innocent of course. Raegan seemed to be enjoying her terrier sled, but I just pictured the whole thing toppling over. I bolted for the wagon and stopped it, then took a picture (since I had the camera in the wagon). I couldn't believe how strong Luci was, to turn the wagon around and pull it out of the garage! Close call. I'm sure my nomination for Mother of the Year is now secure.

Friday night, we ordered pizza and watched a movie that Tony's brother gave him for Christmas, and then we did some shopping on Saturday. We hoped to find furniture for our new baby and some other random things we needed, but struck out just about everywhere we went. I went to my annual Christmas party for my college friends on Sunday evening at Nicole's house, and of course forgot to take any pictures (also left the camera there. Brilliant). We were missing 2 of the 6 girls who are usually there, but we will be catching up soon b/c we get together every birthday. It was nice to hang out with Carrie, Jennifer, and Nicole - the 4 of us were roommates at UGA for half of my time there.

Here are some random pictures of Raegan with the dogs - they are becoming good friends. Or I should say, the dogs really tolerate Raegan and she has fun with them.

Lastly, Raegan decided to go on a cleaning rampage on Saturday. I don't know where she got this trait, but she is obsessed with keeping things clean and orderly. Tony put together this video of her cleaning the whole main floor of the house. It's a long video, but it's funny because she's so serious about it. Please excuse the annoying "Clean Up" song - feel free to turn off sound!